R.I.P Typhoon

[Steves Cleenz]

Well today i had some silly BINT! ram my car from behind this evening

I was in stop start traffic at the end of the traffic and i see a car coming a bit too quick and i think she isnt gonna stop in time so i blast forward enough for her not to hit me, the traffic gets going again and next thing BANG! the stupid ***** hit the back of me car making me hit a Mercedes in front of me, so here are some pics:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/crashed%20car/PICT1221.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/crashed%20car/PICT1222.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/crashed%20car/PICT1223.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/crashed%20car/PICT1224.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/crashed%20car/PICT1225.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/crashed%20car/PICT1226.jpg

all i can say is am Gutted

[Bobdope2002]

gutted mate :(

they will probs right it off just because of the paint alone

[Phate]

Thats a shame, if its written off you could buy it back from the insurers.

[Craig]

Thats terrible mate, she deserves some bad karma for wrecking a gorgeous ZS

[Stephen]

oh my god!

Sorry to hear about the bump.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-03-MG-ZS-2-5-V6-180-Pearesent-Blue_W0QQitemZ140299518039QQihZ004QQcategoryZ18262 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

heres another Typhoon if you fancy another.

[arwilson80]

Damn...! As if there weren't few enough monogram colours. I always dread that happening to me.

...and as for being gutted. I'm sure that's contender for 'Understatement of 2009'.

[Steves Cleenz]

oh my god!

Sorry to hear about the bump.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-03-MG-ZS-2-5-V6-180-Pearesent-Blue_W0QQitemZ140299518039QQihZ004QQcategoryZ18262 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

heres another Typhoon if you fancy another.
OH NO ITS A HATCH!!!! lol

[XPCobra]

ouch! i'd take the springs, wheels and exhaust off it before the insurance company take it away.

What a waste :(

[grimmy]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
that is absolute misery gutted for you mate

[vinny1979]

**** sake, hope you stabbed the bitch. gutted mate :(

[Dan1971]

Gutted for you mate ... glad it's not down to you. Been to A&E ? You'll start to stiffen around the neck and shoulders I expect.

Yep ... write off for the paint I reckon. :cry:

[vinny1979]

yeah you DO have whiplash right, 3-4k ;)

[Steves Cleenz]

i think the missus would have done if she had opened her window lol

[arwilson80]

There doesn't seem to be too much panel damage... New boot lid, bumper and light cluster unless there is other hidden stuff.

Assuming the others are right about it being written off (and i guess they are probably are as there have been others written off for less :cry:) i'd buy it back and fix it myself.

[stamford]

That is an absolute sickener................if that were mine I would probably :cry: I hope the insurers use a bit of common sense, but then again you did say you were pushed into the Merc infront, any front end damage?

You sound like you are in great pain.................:yes:

[Gachet180]

Really sorry for you mate, I saw the car at the MG onwers club meeting at Silverstone last year and it looked good then and I know you'd done a lot to it since then.

I hope your not injured in anyway as it looks like a hard impact.

[Steves Cleenz]

There doesn't seem to be too much panel damage... New boot lid, bumper and light cluster unless there is other hidden stuff.

Assuming the others are right about it being written off (and i guess they are probably are as there have been others written off for less :cry:) i'd buy it back and fix it myself.

the pics dont show the full extent of it, if you look at the rear quarter you can see its hitting the back door and the rear quarter is creased too

That is an absolute sickener................if that were mine I would probably :cry: I hope the insurers use a bit of common sense, but then again you did say you were pushed into the Merc infront, any front end damage?

You sound like you are in great pain.................:yes:

not much damage to the front just loads of scratches on the bumper/grill as for the pain, i am in great pain and just cant stop crying ;)

[vinny1979]

good lad ;)

[afcbadam]

so sorry to see that. i would considder buying it back and repairing it.

[Boot Hill Bandit]

You must be devastated Steve! :no: so gutting........

Whatever happens.................keep your chin up mate...........there is always another ZS waiting to have your magic worked on it!

Jim

[papa_lazaroo]

Sad news mate,
Sad sad news

[Maxxed_Ross]

I think I would have dragged her out the car personally, she sounds like she wasn't driving very well even before the accident!

[Gazza]

What a waste of a stunning coloured ZS

[markyzs180]

F**++*g gutted for you Steve

[Nor]

Sickening :(

[Maxfly]

whit a stupid bitch, hope she gets plenty o ppoints an a nice big fine for being a tool:shoot2:

[john180]

sorry to see this! twas a gorgeous zs

[Southside_ZS]

Gutted for you mate. It will deffo be written off though. If the quaters creased the rear panel and boot floor will have gone to. And maybe the rear chassis legs. :(

[Alan.F]

Saw this car today and surprisingly its not as bad as it looks

[Z Scotland]

Saw this car today and surprisingly its not as bad as it looks
Its what you can't see that causes the problems.:unsure:

That's a real shame such a nice car.

[RudeDogg1]

think we should all wear a black arm band as a sign of respect for yet another beutiful zs that went down like a cheap whore

[Boot Hill Bandit]

think we should all wear a black arm band as a sign of respect for yet another beutiful zs that went down like a cheap whore

I could do with a cheap whore going down at the minute......

answers on the back of a postcard please!

Jim

[Steves Cleenz]

Gutted for you mate. It will deffo be written off though. If the quaters creased the rear panel and boot floor will have gone to. And maybe the rear chassis legs. :(

the boot floor is fine and the chassis legs but the rear panel is fooked, i reckon i can pull it back to shape with the porter power so i am gonna try my hardest to get the car back off the insurance

[Phate]

Keep us posted mate :)

[grimmy]

the boot floor is fine and the chassis legs but the rear panel is fooked, i reckon i can pull it back to shape with the porter power so i am gonna try my hardest to get the car back off the insurance


i know it's not brilliant but lets hope its possible to repair would be really sad to see that car go to the crusher it is a stunner

[Southside_ZS]

the boot floor is fine and the chassis legs but the rear panel is fooked, i reckon i can pull it back to shape with the porter power so i am gonna try my hardest to get the car back off the insurance


But if the rear quater has gone and you can see in the pic the rear door gap has closed up something is seriously twisted somewhere. I wouldnt trust putting it back on the road without having it jigged tbh mate.

[Steves Cleenz]

well First of a all a Big thanks to George @ RSM for recovering and looking after my car for the last 2 weeks plus also supplying me with the parts to rebuilt it,

today i got the all clear off the insurance and been and picked the car up today, once i recieve the cheque then its rebuilt time

[Phate]

Excellent news dude :)

[vinny1979]

wahey!!!!!!!!

[Boot Hill Bandit]

Bloody great news :) so happy for ya mate!!! Now is the time to get all those bits of trim sorted whilst the paint is in the gun!!!

Might want to do the dashboard trims and door inserts too whilst you are there!

My god your car is gonna look ******* awesome once shes fixed up! :hooray:

Jim

[Nor]

Good news, glad it'll end up back on the road.

[markyzs180]

Nice one steve....be good to see her back and fixed...can't you fit a pop out matress to the back while you've got it all apart just in case that stupid cow appears behind you again

[Z Scotland]

Nice one steve....be good to see her back and fixed...can't you fit a pop out matress to the back while you've got it all apart just in case that stupid cow appears behind you again

LOL I wanted to fit bull bars all round my car a few years ago because all the flippin idiots out there kept using my old Escort estate to stop.:rant:

[stamford]

Great to hear your car will be saved, would have been criminal to lose it.

[Steves Cleenz]

I will keep updating this thread with the rebuild process :)

[Steves Cleenz]

Had a couple of hours off work today so decided to have a mess and a mooch,

here are some pics of it in the day

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1253.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1254.jpg

Door gap ?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1255.jpg

Inside of boot

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1257.jpg

Chassis ( a little harder whack then the car would have been proper scrap)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1260.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1263.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1264.jpg

I will update this post every time i have a mess around with the car and try and get as much photo's as possible

[KevG]

Lets hope Steve, that the jig work will pull it back into a good pre-accident condition.

The rear quarter is pull able, and will probably pop back it to shape, so that the panel can be taken off, and repaired with a new quarter.

[Stephen]

Keep up the good work!

Dont fancy a mk2 rear end on her?

[afcbadam]

glad to see another zed saved.

[Steves Cleenz]

Keep up the good work!

Dont fancy a mk2 rear end on her?


i did hmm & arrr over the Mk2 rear but i dont like the boot on the Mk2 and RSM did me a good deal on a bumper and boot :)

[markyzs180]

have you sourced the paint yet kidda?

[Steves Cleenz]

have you sourced the paint yet kidda?


yeah had the paint for a while, been under my desk for for a just in case

[LozMachine]

Good luck with the rebuild Steve :clap2:

[markyzs180]

yeah had the paint for a while, been under my desk for for a just in case

i remember you had a bit to do the skirts and stuff last year...did you find some more then?

[Steves Cleenz]

the kid who sold me that little bit sold me the rest of his paint :)

[markyzs180]

that was a result then! are you using the same place that did the touching up last year?

[Steves Cleenz]

yeah, as he did a fantastic job last time with very little paint so it would be silly to go elsewhere

[markyzs180]

yep you're right there...as you've got the paint you might actually come out of this sh1tty episode with a bit of dough in your sky for a few more mods ;)


ps......spoookily i've just noticed we are on the same amount of post@s

pps...on nights again for the next mids meet :( i WILL make one soon.....lol

[Steves Cleenz]

bit of dough in your sky for a few more mods

like decorating you mean (gets slap round the head off the missus )

[markyzs180]

like decorating you mean (gets slap round the head off the missus )

lol....

[Steves Cleenz]

Todays Progress:

After a few pulls with the Porta power the rear quarter dent has mostly popped out and is loads better than before:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1330.jpg

The clamp lol

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1331.jpg

Got a door gap again lol:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1332.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1333.jpg

Test fitting the new bits:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1334.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1335.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1336.jpg

With the spoiler back on :

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1337.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1338.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1343.jpg

[Gazza]

Looking good so far:bike:

[grimmy]

Looking a lot better already mate. almost looks like a complete car again.

[stamford]

Wow! that has pulled out really well, bet you are well chuffed with that Steve. Good work. :yes:

[markyzs180]

that looking great mate...good work with the porta power, it looks like its popped straight back out!

[Steves Cleenz]

well chuffed with todays results, near enough there just got to pull it a bit more as the door gap is not big enough yet but it did pull out quite easy TBH

[arwilson80]

Looking good so far:bike:

+1

[Southside_ZS]

I've got on of them porta power tthings but mine didnt come with a puller like yours? How does it work? i.e what does it pull against?

[Boot Hill Bandit]

Great stuff Steve!!! :clap:

Just one question.........and it's not a snipe.......I'm just curious thats all......

If someone rammed you up the arse again (I sure hope not mate......for your sake and the cars) would the car not absorb the impact as it should do now since the shell has been weakened??? I honestly don't know mate.......it may be that it makes no difference.......just curious thats all.

Jim

[peterzs]

Great result, if that red thing is the Porta power puller, its given a remarkable improvement. a few tweaks and it will be as good as new.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Steves Cleenz]

I've got on of them porta power tthings but mine didnt come with a puller like yours? How does it work? i.e what does it pull against?

basically its the opposite to the pusher but pulls lol, as for what it pulls against, you have to anchor the car down, in this case it was a load of bricks and a good handbrake and i pulled this off my van which was anchored down the same as the car

Great stuff Steve!!! :clap:

Just one question.........and it's not a snipe.......I'm just curious thats all......

If someone rammed you up the arse again (I sure hope not mate......for your sake and the cars) would the car not absorb the impact as it should do now since the shell has been weakened??? I honestly don't know mate.......it may be that it makes no difference.......just curious thats all.

Jim

i suppose it will be a little weaker, but sometimes it can be stronger when rebuilding as they way they are welded is quite shocking really from factory and when replacing new panels you always put more weld on

[markyzs180]

the welds in production are tested for strength and cost..remember that all cars have to crumple now! i remember one of the first front crash tests on the l322 range rover smashed the whole test to pieces but the rangey didn't bend a bit !!!!

[Steves Cleenz]

well its all finished now and just awaits the paintshop, just got to wait for the payout before it gets painted

here is a all in post:

Had a couple of hours off work today so decided to have a mess and a mooch,

here are some pics of it in the day

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1253.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1254.jpg

Door gap ?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1255.jpg

Inside of boot

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1257.jpg

Chassis ( a little harder whack then the car would have been proper scrap)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1260.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1263.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1264.jpg

Todays Progress:

After a few pulls with the Porta power the rear quarter dent has mostly popped out and is loads better than before:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1330.jpg

The clamp lol

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1331.jpg

Got a door gap again lol:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1332.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1333.jpg

Test fitting the new bits:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1334.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1335.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1336.jpg

With the spoiler back on :

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1337.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1338.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1343.jpg

UPDATE!!

no work today so i thought i would get the rear panel off ready for fitting the new one,

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1371.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1372.jpg

UPDATE !!!

Rear panel fitted:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1483.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1482.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1481.jpg


seam sealed and base coated, ready for the paintshop now, just got to wait for the payout :)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1485.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1486.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/200bubs/typhoon%20rebuild/PICT1487.jpg

I will update this post every time i have a mess around with the car and try and get as much photo's as possible

[stamford]

Nice rear repair section.

[Steves Cleenz]

Nice rear repair section.

i wasnt going to replace the rear panel but it looked to scruffy from the jig work, so for£180 i thought i would buy a new one, PITA to fit though :smurf: still got to do a little work as the passenger light dont fit right, but that can be easily sorted

[stamford]

I think what you have done is right, makes you feel better as you would know it is there otherwise. I would do the same if it were me. Looks pretty good and from what you have done already I'm sure the light misalignment is nothing in comparison.

[zs willy]

Great job steve, a credit to you, looks the biz :thumbsup: